The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 11

cleggie

Hi all.

another AF for me tonight, so another for the SNC.
I swear i am less bloated now that i drink substancially less than i used to!

Have a great evening all!

caramelcaron

Hi
Creeping in with my tail between my legs .
I haven't been around for a couple of weeks (at least) and have been drinking every day and I don't have any obvious explaination for it. I had a couple of drinks on a day when I hadn't planned to drink (it was the SNC). Nothing has changed, I haven't experienced any unusual degree of stress or increased social occasions but having drunk a moderate amount on an evening when I wasn't going to drink I thought "sod it I've failed anyway so I might as well drink". I've been back to my old ways and have drunk at least a bottle of wine (sometimes two) each evening; it has to stop! However, I would like to go TF for February please Shaggy and see how things go. I have a mental target but I'm not revealing it.
Mel

mrsrainman

bretts77 wrote: »

Hi MrsR,

Out of curiosity, what would be Mr R's normal wine intake of an evening and how many beers did he have last night?

My problem is that if I replace a bottle of wine with 2 beers, the volume consumed is the same, but after the 2nd beer is finished I'm desperate for another drink. Likewise, if I drink whisky I obviously consume less volume, but have just as many units.

He would usually have a minimum of 2 bottles of wine, each containing around 9.5 Units. TOTAL = 19 units per day

Last night he had 6 bottles of beer each containing 1.4 Units. TOTAL = 8.4 units

Because it's so gassy he doesn't drink as much and it's not as strong as the wine. He's not a spirit drinker. Will have the occasional Jack and Coke but wouldn't drink it in place of wine, which is a good thing. Wine is "his drink" and he just drinks it like water.

I've challenged him to go "wine free" during february and I really hope he sticks to it.

MrsR x

ForeverHopeful_3

Evening all :wave:

Fought hard to drown out the bells again tonight. Ended up cleaning out the hamster cage (doesn't normally get done until Saturday :rotfl:) Bathed the kids, had a cup of tea and the bells had stopped, phew!!!

That'll be another 1 please Bearucas :T Monday to Thursday challenge accomplished, hooray!

Much love X

PriceySOS

I managed 22 for January. 1 for Feb so far.

Hope everybody OK and have a good evening

x

crazymum_2

2 AFDs please Shaggy - thankyou

Hope everyone is having a lovely evening

lizzyb1812

2 AFDs please Shaggy here also


Bloomin' cold so off to bed shortly to read in proper warmth - sorry can't get it to go back to black! Arrow won't click on it properly.

Ha! Did it in edit!

cheezypeas

Evening all,
Like everyone, freezing cold and heading for bed !

Just calling in to declare 2 AFDs pls Shaggy and 3 for SNC pls bearacus

Almost the weekend......:T

May2013

Hi All - not been around this week but have been AF, so.....

19 AFD's for January and 2 AFD's so far this month please shaggy

Bearacus 4/4 for the SNC please

Off to read back and catch up on how we're all doing.

Keep warm everyone...it's blimin frrrreeeezing out there :eek:

maman

caramelcaron wrote: »

Hi
I thought "sod it I've failed anyway so I might as well drink". I've been back to my old ways and have drunk at least a bottle of wine (sometimes two) each evening; it has to stop!

Sorry to hear that mel. I know it sounds obvious but we all have blips in the form of sod it days. You just have to treat it as a one-off and get right back to AFness the next day. For me, drinking daily is a bad habit I got into and I found that the best way to break that habit is by proving to myself I can have AF days. Good luck with your target (whatever it is;)).

Another for me, so

2AFDs for February and 4 completed for the SNC.